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Guyana firm taps equity markets to build fish, plant farm; eyes eventual strategic sale
- Undercurrent
- 21 April 2015
Spinoff of US-based emerging market project developer CARANA Corp plans to eventually operate plant and fish farms on 6,000 acres.
Agri-investors stoke monoculture
- Deutsche Welle
- 21 April 2015
With more savvy investors buying up farmland, land prices have doubled within five years and the result is mega-farms like KTG Agra, which owns 50,000 ha in eastern Germany, Lithuania and Romania.
Argentina, Ley de Tierras: extranjeros podrían comprar en Córdoba 2.200.000 hectáreas
- Infocampo
- 20 April 2015
Es la superficie autorizada por la ley nacional de tierras. Sin embargo, la Provincia no adhirió a la normativa. Inmobiliarias advierten que la falta de adecuación impide concretar operaciones.
Canadian fund buys McCamley stations
- Financial Review
- 20 April 2015
One of Canada's largest pension funds, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has made its first rural land purchase in Australia through central Queensland's Hewitt Cattle Company.
Super farm sell-off predicted
- Financial Review
- 20 April 2015
Giant US investment fund TIAA-CREF expects Australia's ageing farmers and a lack of sons and daughters willing to inherit their farms will lead to large numbers of properties hitting the market over the coming decade.
Inde: des dizaines de milliers d'agriculteurs manifestent contre le gouvernement
- AFP
- 19 April 2015
Des dizaines de milliers d'agriculteurs indiens ont manifesté dimanche à New Delhi contre le projet du Premier ministre Narendra Modi de faciliter les réquisitions de terres pour l'industrie.
Urgent request on the ProSAVANA's public hearing process プロサバンナ・マスタープラン緊急声明
- JVC
- 19 April 2015
プロサバンナ事業でのマスタープラン初稿の開示と対話プロセスに関する抗議と要請
Saskatchewan farmers split on allowing pension funds to buy land
- Globe & Mail
- 19 April 2015
Saskatchewan’s move to freeze purchases of farmland by pension plans and foreign investors has ignited a debate over what’s best for the future of Canada’s bread basket.
Agriculture paysanne : Obstacle foncier
- Midi Madagasikara
- 18 April 2015
Les paysans malgaches en ont ras-le-bol face à l’ampleur grandissante des problèmes fonciers dus à l’expansion des exploitations minières et de l’agrobusiness.
Journée des luttes paysannes : Un observatoire pour les terres agricoles
- L'Avenir
- 18 April 2015
Le Réseau luttes paysannes réclame la mise en place en Wallonie d’un Observatoire foncier.
Government still looking to Merauke for industrial agriculture development
- Awas Mifee
- 17 April 2015
Despite the frequently-voiced opposition by many local indigenous Marind people. The new Indonesia government still looking to continue large-scale mechanised agriculture project, Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate.
The World Bank’s long war on peasants
- Telesur
- 17 April 2015
It is difficult to overstate the degree to which the IMF and World Bank’s neoliberal economic policies contribute to extreme vulnerability for farmers and peasants.
La Saskatchewan affronte l’accaparement
- La terre de chez nous
- 17 April 2015
Tandis qu’au Québec le gouvernement Couillard continue sa réflexion, la Saskatchewan prend les grands moyens pour freiner le phénomène galopant de l’accaparement des terres.
Comment la Banque mondiale a échoué à protéger les pauvres
- Le Courrier International
- 16 April 2015
Depuis 2004 la Banque mondiale a financièrement soutenu des projets qui ont eu pour effet de forcer 3,4 millions de personnes à quitter leurs terres ou leur logement.
Ivory Coast seeks to woo agricultural investors with reform, tax breaks
- Reuters
- 16 April 2015
Agriculture Minister Sangafowa Coulibaly says his government will make it easier to get land and speed up the process for investors wanting to get involved in arable farming.